Mike Trout heads to injured list; Angels fall to Tigers for sixth straight loss

Mike Trout is headed to the injured list as the Angels stumbled to their sixth straight loss.

Dillon Dingler capped a five-run eighth inning with a three-run homer, Javier Báez and Gleyber Torres each hit a solo shot in the third, and the Detroit Tigers rallied for a 10-4 win Thursday night.

Spencer Torkelson added a two-run homer — his ninth of the season — in a three-run ninth as Detroit improved to an American League-best 20-12. Tigers starter Casey Mize (5-1) gave up four runs and seven hits in seven innings, including Logan O’Hoppe’s solo homer in the second and Jorge Soler’s two-run shot in the third.

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Detroit trailed 4-2 in the eighth when Torres, who had three hits, singled off reliever Ryan Zeferjahn, who had retired the side in order in the seventh. Angels manager Ron Washington summoned left-hander Reid Detmers (0-2), who walked Riley Greene and gave up an RBI single to Andy Ibáñez.

Angels center fielder Jo Adell fumbled Ibáñez’s hit for an error, allowing two runners to advance. One out later, Zach McKinstry lined a single that tied it and Dingler, who had three hits, drove a 409-foot homer to left for a 7-4 lead.

Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi gave up two runs and five hits in five innings, striking out five and walking one.

Trout did not play after being pulled from Wednesday’s game in Seattle because of left knee soreness. Trout, who had two operations to repair a torn meniscus in the knee last season, was injured when his foot hit first base on a third-inning groundout. Washington later said Trout has a bone bruise in the knee and would go on the 10-day IL. Washington said the injury “is not serious” but that Trout “needs some rest.”

Trout had not missed a game, appearing in the first 29. Last year he appeared in 29 games before tearing his meniscus and missing the rest of the season. He’s hitting .173 this season with nine home runs and 18 RBIs.

Key moment: Báez, the Tigers’ shortstop-turned-center fielder, made a leaping catch of Soler’s fifth-inning drive above the yellow line on the wall in right-center to take away a home run.

Key stat: Soler’s two-run shot in the third was the Angels’ second homer with a runner on base since April 10. Of the team’s 43 home runs, 33 have been solo shots.

Up next: Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal (3-2, 2.34 ERA), the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, starts Friday night against Angels right-hander José Soriano (2-4, 4.50).